Arielle, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your Bar/Bat Mitzvah. To ensure simcha success, please use the tools and downloadable items provided here to learn and practice your training assignments between visits with Cantor Green. For questions, e-mail me at cantor@kehillatbethisrael.com or call/text me at 613-327-3984.
VERY IMPORTANT – MUST READ: KBI B’nei Mitzvah Handbook
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| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, July 11 201910am |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Intro to Webpage Goal Setting Lesson Time |
STUDY METHOD (always have your printouts/pages in front of you)
1. Listen to the assigned audio files a whole bunch of times, over several days. Let it sink in! 2. Sing along with the audio files many times until it is identical, smooth and confident. If there are glitches, use the slider to “rewind” and review a word or two at a time until identical. 3. Sing the whole assignment without the audio file (as you will in your next lesson). Use this approach every week, and knock my socks off with how well you know it! AND, 4. every week, you MUST review at least once, everything learned to date, and FIX any glitches. Homework for this week: Bring a looseleaf binder (with sheet pockets) |
| Tu, July 23
4:40-5:10pm |
Prepare Haftara trope like a song | Learn Haftara Trope like a song (PDF | MP3)
Start to learn Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3) Get a folder for all the loose sheets you’ll collect from Cantor Green over time. |
| Wk of Jul 29 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AWAY | Finish Learning Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Aug 8
5:30-6:00pm |
Review Haftara Trope
Review Blessing before Haftara Prepare Haftara vs 1-2 |
Finish learning/smooth out Blessing before Haftara |
| Tu, Aug 13
4:40-5:10pm |
Review blessing before Haftara
Review Haftara to date Prepare Haftara rest of 15:3 and 15:4 |
Touch up last week’s haftara learning
Learn Haftara second-half-of-15:3 and first-half-of-15:4 (MP3) Remember to bring your printed copies of the Haftara and blessing. |
| Tu, Aug 20
4:40-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:4 (second half), 15:5 |
1. Learn new verses (rest of v4 and v5 – MP3)
2. Go back and keep studying/learning/reinforcing the first 4 verses of haftara so you get super good at them and very confident! Use those audio recordings to make sure you’re spot-on. |
| Tu, Aug 27
4:40-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:6 |
Learn Haftara 15:6 (MP3) |
| Tue, Sep 3, 5:25-5:50pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:7-8 |
Finish learning Aug 27’s homework the usual way (with mp3)
Learn Haftara 15:7-8 (MP3) |
| Tu, Sep 10
5:25 to 5:55pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:9-10 |
Learn Haftara 15:9-10 (MP3) |
| Tu, Sept 17
5:25-5:55pm |
Review Haftara to date
Re-study 15:6-10 |
Re-study (smooth out) 15:6-8 (only! we’ll touch up the rest next week). Make it super confident. Use those audio files to make sure you’re singing the exact same words and trope as me! |
| Tu, Sep 24
5:25-5:55pm |
Review Haftara up to 15:8
Re-study Haftara 15:9-10 Prepare Haftara 15:11 |
Arielle couldn’t meet |
| Tu, Oct 3
4:45-5pm |
Review Haftara up to 15:8
Re-study Haftara 15:9-10 Prepare Haftara 15:11 |
Learn Haftara 15:11 (MP3)
Check with your parents if the next two listed dates (and beyond) are okay (ie., new day/time beginning Oct 17). |
| Th, Oct 10
4:30-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:12 |
NO LESSON IN PERSON – MISTAKEN TIME SLOT
Learn Haftara 15:12 (MP3) |
| Th, Oct 17 5-5:30pm (going forward, TBC) |
Review Haftara to datePrepare Haftara 15:13 | 1. Learn Haftara 15:13 (MP3)
2. Go back and fix ALL your pashta/zakeif-katon notes. |
| Th, Oct 24
5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:14-15 |
1. Learn Haftara 15:14-15 (MP3)
2. Touch up 15:13, making sure hebrew sounds like: “v’hinei matziv lo yad vayiSOV vaya-avor…”, and the notes of “hakarmela” and “v’hinei” should be the same, ie., repeated notes. |
| Th, Oct 31
5pm |
Review Haftara to date (check in on 15:13)
Prepare Haftara 15:16-17 |
1. Learn Haftara 15:16 and first half of 15:17 (MP3)
2. Smooth out 15:14-15 from last week (MP3) 3. Review everything so far (as always!) – very important as we rack up the material! |
| Th, Nov 7
5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:17 (2nd half) |
Touch up 14-17 (ie., homework from last couple of weeks)
Learn 2nd half of 15:17 (MP3) |
| Th, Nov 14
5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 15:18 |
Learn Haftara 15:18 (MP3)
Smooth out 15:15-17 so it’s super smooth and confident. Use the audio files!! |
| Th, Nov 21
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:16
Prepare Haftara 15:19 and first half of 20 |
Learn Haftara 15:19-20 (MP3) |
| Th, Nov 28 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AWAY (Still have homework!) | Learn Haftara 15:21-22 (MP3)
Keep reviewing the whole thing!!! Don’t forget it! |
| Th, Dec 5
5pm |
Review Haftara 15:19-22
Prepare Haftara 15:23-24 (first half) Record entire maftir |
Last week’s mp3 wasn’t the correct one.
Learn Haftara 15:21-22 (MP3) – corrected link! Practice Maftir in parallel with Haftara studies (PDF | MP3). Let’s plan to learn 1 pasuk of this per week. So 25:17 this week, along with above Haftara stuff. |
| Th, Dec 12
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:16
Prepare Haftara 15:23 Review Maftir 25:17 |
Learn Haftara 15:23 (MP3)
Keep smoothing out Haftara to this point, working on any areas that are not smooth. Re-study Maftir 25:17 relying heavily on the audio file to learn it ‘like a song’ so that the trope is different than the Haftara trope. |
| Th, Dec 19
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:16
Prepare Haftara 15:24-25 Review Maftir 1st line Prepare Maftir 25:18 |
ARIELLE CANCELED LESSON
Learn Haftara 15:24-25 (MP3) Learn Maftir 25:18 (MP3) – from timestamp 0:13-0:35 |
| WINTER BREAK | NO LESSONS NEXT 2 WEEKS | Learn Haftara 15:26-27 (MP3)
Learn first part of Maftir 25:19 up to “misaviv” (MP3) – from timestamp 0:35-0:53 Smooth out Haftara — everything so far. If there are parts you know you’re not getting right, stop and fix them for a couple minutes each, using the audio files. Make yourself proud!! |
| Th, Jan 9
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:16 to date
Prepare Haftara 15:28-29 Review Maftir to date Prepare Maftir 25:19 second half |
Touch up, smooth out, get accurate with those ‘tricky’ words in this second half. Work specifically on any words that are not quite right! Be honest with yourself!
Learn Haftara 15:28-29 (MP3) Every sitting, LISTEN over and over to the maftir — let the correct pronunciations of the words (and the melody) sink in. |
| Tu, Jan. 14
5:30pm (This week only) |
Review Haftara from 15:16 to date
Prepare Haftara 15:30-31 Prepare to make Maftir line 1 perfect |
Learn Haftara 15:30-31 (MP3)
Smooth out Maftir line 1 |
| Th, Jan 23
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:25 to date
Prepare Haftara 15:32 Review Maftir line 1, and work through further lines. |
Learn Haftara 15:32 (MP3)
Smooth out Maftir verse 18 (MP3 – from 13 seconds in) |
| Th, Jan 29
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:25
Prepare Haftara 15:33-34 Review Maftir to date, smooth out next line |
Learn Haftara 15:33-34 (MP3)
Learn Blessing 1 after Haftara first half (PDF | MP3) up to Emet VaTzedek Keep listening to maftir! We’ll check in on it next week. |
| Th, Feb 6
5pm |
Review Haftara from 15:28
Review Blessing 1 after haftara first half Prepare Blessing 1 after Haftara second half Prepare Blessing 2 after Haftara Check on Maftir |
Smooth out from vs 32 to the end, so you get to be as familiar with it as the beginning, or ealier verses.
Touch up Blessing 1 after haftara 1st half Learn Blessing 1 after haftara 2nd half (MP3) Learn Blessing 2 after haftara (MP3) Learn Blessing Before TORAH reading (MP3) |
| Th, Feb 13
5pm |
Review Haftara from v32
Review blessing 1 and 2 after haftara Prepare blessing 3 after Haftara Review Blessing before Torah Prepare Blessing after Torah |
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| Th, Feb 20
5pm |
Practice Blessings after Haftara | Learn Blessing 3 after Haftara (MP3)
Finish smoothing out Blessings 1 and 2 so they’re SUPER Smooth — use the study technique in the top box of this column. Don’t stray from those basics! Plan on coming to KBI for a full runthrough on the bimah on THURSDAY, FEB 5, 9am-10:15am. Please confirm with your parents and let me know if there’s a problem with that. |
| Th, Feb 27
5pm |
Review blessings after haftara 1-3
Prepare Blessing 4 after Haftara |
Learn Blessing #4 after haftara (MP3)
Smooth out Blessing #3 after haftara Go through all 4 blessings after haftara, spending WHATEVER time you can on them this week to make them near-perfect (or perfect!) – it’s worth it as your bat mitzvah is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! |
| Th, Mar 5
5pm |
Review Haftara blessings | |
| Fr, Mar 6 | Full Runthrough on bimah |
Torah Trope (PDF)
Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Maftir aliya –
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – IN PROGRESS
Blessings after Haftara –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel